LABELLING LEGISLATION IS COMPLEX AND VARIED – A CHALLENGE FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
February 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS, AND JULIAN RYALL
The management challenge of introducing increasingly sophisticated labels is compounded by the continuing diversity of labelling laws worldwide. These can be a major headache for textile and clothing companies, especially those with global supply chains. Just looking at a small sample of major mature markets shows the regulatory complexity that has to be managed by company legal teams.
Take the United States, whose federal government agencies are often accused of overlapping in jurisdictional terms. Labelling ...
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